Umpire tells coxes to steer clear of clashes

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OXFORD and Cambridge appeared on the Tideway yesterday to begin their last week of preparation for the Boat Race on Sunday. Neither crew did a great deal of work, but both coxes drove launches over the course ahead of Boris Rankov, the umpire, with a view to avoiding the clashing seen in recent years, notably last year, when the race was stopped.

“Keeping the two crews apart is becoming a huge challenge for the umpire,” Duncan Clegg, the Boat Race London representative, said. “It is unacceptable for crew members who have committed hundreds of hours to training to see that